PT: I'm back! So sorry for the longest delay! Well, I don't own anything, except the chimera! Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 8: Father
"Pride?"
"Yes, Sloth?"
Pride walked over to Sloth, keeping his normal expressionless face.
"Are you all right? You seem to be in deep thought ever since you came back with Envy when the two of you went out,"
"It's nothing…"
"Pride, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone. You can trust me," Sloth said in a motherly way.
Pride hesitated at first. "I'm….I'm confused. The three people I met, they seemed so familiar, and they also seemed to know me,"
"Familiar?"
"Yes. And, well…so do you….."
Sloth put up her guard immediately. "I look familiar to you?"
"Yes. Sometime, when I look at you, I see this image,"
"Image? What is it like?"
"A woman. Smiling at us. She seemed so warm. And a lot like you. And sometimes, a word just comes up in my mind,"
"A word?"
"Yes….Mother,"
"…!"
If this keeps up, the boy will remember!
"Don't be foolish Pride. Homonculi have no parent," Sloth said, a little more sharper then she had intended.
Pride stepped back. He bit his tongue. "I….I know,"
Sloth felt a bit guilty, but she scolded herself mentally.
Homonculi have no feelings. What am I thinking?
"Pride. Come with me," said Lust, who entered.
Pride nodded and left with Lust.
"So which way did they go?" asked Riza, who spread out a map on the table.
"Northwest," replied Roy.
Riza pointed at places they could be. "Probably someplace deserted,"
"We had a warehouse around here," Roy pointed at the woods near HQ. "But no one can probably access it right now. The bridge's that lead to the warehouse around here broke, and no one can cross the river. Here were also reported attacks by unknown creatures. Some people think it's a chimera,"
"…..We should check it out,"
Al went through Ed's stuff that he took from the hotel they were staying at, along with other belongings.
"Toothbrush…money…change of shirt…some books…aha! Found it!"
Al triumphantly held up a little, black book.
His journal!
Edward Elric, had kept a record of their journal. And he never let anyone read it, not even his own brother Al.
Al also took out Ed's notes on alchemy.
Maybe these would help me get back Nii-san and his soul.Al opened the journal and he immediately knew that he was going to have a hard time reading the journal and notes, let alone decoding it.
It was written in mirror words AND some foreign language. A closer look said that it was in Japanese, a language used in the eastern parts of Xing. Strangely, Japanese was one of Ed's specialty. (A/N: O.O WTF! Me and my crazed mind…)
Al, on the other hand, only knew a little bit.
Why did you have to be so secretive, Nii-san?Al groaned. He grabbed a mirror and started decoding the entries.
Lust and Pride stood in front of huge, double, oak doors.
"Otou-sama wants to see you,"
"Otou-sama?"
"You'll know soon enough,"
Lust knocked on the door.
A deep, chilling voice came from inside the room. "Who is it?"
"It is I, Lust. I have brought Pride,"
"Come in,"
The doors opened by it self. Pride entered a darkly lit room. At first he didn't see anyone, but further in, he saw a chair with numerous tubes coming out from the back of the chair.
Lust walked up to it and kneeled, motioning Pride to do the same. Pride could see the back of a blond hair man, who's hair lay untied. For unknown reasons, he had an urge to punch him in the face…with his metal arm. Pride knelt anyway.
"Lust, please leave,"
"Yes Otou-sama,"
Lust got up and left, leaving Pride with the unknown stranger.
"Pride…My perfect son,"
Pride turned his attention back to Otou-sama. "….Yes?"
"Do you know who I am?"
"No,"
"I am your Father,"
"Fa-ther? But Sloth said homonculi have no parents,"
"Who do you think created you? It was I. I make all the orders here and they follow it,"
Pride was silent.
"Pride, I want you to eliminate some people for me. They are Vato Falman, Denny Brosh, Maria Ross, and Sheska. Then bring me back their corpses. You may bring Sloth along if you want,"
Pride nodded.
"Yes Otou-sama,"
Riza and Roy reached the river.
"What should we do?" asked Riza.
A rustle in the bush caught their attention. Riza got her gun ready and Roy got his gloves.
Out of the bush came out a chimera. It had three heads, one a lion, another of an ox, and also a goat. The tail was a snake. (A/N: I know there was some mystical beast like that…)
Riza immediately started shooting at the chimera. The first shot the ox's head, killing it. The snake head lashed out at Riza, but Roy's snapped his fingers, not hitting the head but enough to distract it from biting Riza. She hit the snake's head. By now she had used up seven bullets. Her gun was a LugerP08, and it only had one more bullet left. (A/N: OMG, I actually looked up the web for it. How I knew about such stuff? …Blame Detective Conan… I don't know when it was made, but it was made in Germany. )
Riza shot her last bullet, and hit the lion right smack on the forehead. Now left the goat. Roy took over and snapped his finger, burning the chimera into ashes.
Both had the same thoughts. Something was in that warehouse and the chimera was guarding it.
Al finally finished writing down the words, in Japanese. Now he just had to translate it…
4.23.1915
Mada kono byouinn ni iru. Aru no koto de shimpai da. Kitto Aru wa ore no kotokiraida. Karada wo moto ni modosetani… Ore ni wa dekinakatta. Chikushou. Ani to shite shikkaku da. Aa, boku wa aitsu ni nani hitotsu iikoto wo shiteyattenai. Itsumo, itsumo Aru wo kizutsukete. Aitsu ni hidoi koto bakari shiteiru. Donna kao shite aitsu to shaberebaii… Aru niwa ironna koto wo naisho ni shiteru. Jitsuwa wa bikkuri da, aitsu ore ga kitterute mada shiranainannte. Mou nikagetsu gurai ni natteru. A, Uwinri ga moddotekita. Mata ahita na.4.24.1915
Yappari souda. Aru wa ore ga kiraida. Jibunn ga honntou ni nenngenn datta ka, honntou ni sonnzai shite iru ka no koto wo utagatteiru. Aru, nannimo iwanaide, annnai tamekonnde, ore ga nagurarete touzen da. Ima sakki mata kitta. Shoujiki, jituwa jisatsu wo shiyouto ommota. Demo…dekinai. Aru wo sagasanakucha. Aru wo moto no karada ni, ore go dekiru koto no semete dakedo, aitsu wo modosanakucha. Ima, Aru wo sagashiniiku.
4.24.1915
Aru wa yasashisugiru. Ore wo yurushitekureta. Ore no seide anna karade ni nattemo, ore no seide zennbu wo oitteitemo, Aru wa ore no soba ni itekureta. Yappari, Aru wa kaa-san ni sugoku niteru. Ari mitai na otouto, ore niwa mottainai.
Al started translating. It was going to be a long night…
End Chapter 8
PT: Whew, I'm beat. People who know Japanese, well you're in luck. You'll know before anyone else what the journal says. Other people, well you'll know later in the story!
Preview…
Chapter 9: To Become A Sin
Nii-san, have you really become a sin?
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